Rising above the Mornington Peninsula, Arthur's Seat is the most familiar of all Port Phillip Bay landscape features.

Its 314 m summit, reached by road or on foot, gives spectacular views of the bay and Port Phillip Heads. On a clear day the view extends as far as the city skyline, the You Yangs and Mount Macedon.

Matthew Flinders was the first European to climb Arthur's Seat after his ship entered the heads while making his circumnavigation of Australia in 1802. ... (more)